The Lumia 950 was released on November 20, 2015, and as part of our testing and a full coverage of the new Windows 10 Mobile device, we have incorporated input from several WinBeta writers who were using the Lumia 950 as a daily driver (i.e. primary devic...

The Microsoft Lumia 950 was announced towards the end of 2015 and is a flagship phone for the company, introducing the Windows 10 operating system to mobile phones. It has a 20 million pixel sensor camera, which is 1/2.4 inch in size. That is coupled wi...

Good image detail in bright light and low noise levels across the ISO range, Good lens is sharp across the frame, with CA and other aberrations well under control, Powerful flash allows for low ISOs in flash mode, Intuitive camera UI with comprehensive ma...

Images show very strong saturation and contrast in some scenes, Color casts in mixed light situations, Unnatural skin tones in flash images, No panorama mode and weak imaging feature set in general, Rich Capture HDR rarely triggers and cannot be forced ma...

DPReview smartphone reviews are written with the needs of photographers in mind. We focus on camera features, performance, and image quality.When we last reviewed a flagship Lumia device (the 1520 ), it was still sold under the Nokia name. In the meantime...

Samsung vs. iPhone, Nexus vs. Lumia. It's time to find out who makes the best smartphone camera.Recently a new smartphone waltzed onto the scene, throwing a gauntlet to the ground: we have the best smartphone camera, Samsung said. There are already some e...

Samsung vs. iPhone, Nexus vs. Lumia. It's time to find out who makes the best smartphone camera.Recently a new smartphone waltzed onto the scene, throwing a gauntlet to the ground: we have the best smartphone camera, Samsung said. There are already some e...

Slow leader. Microsoft renews its Windows Phone flagship models with the Lumia 950 and its sister model Lumia 950 XL. They are powered by the latest Windows 10 OS. The appearance is restrained, but the equipment is worthy of a top model. Our test report e...

This could be Microsoft's final flagship phone. With many declaring Windows 10 Mobile dead on arrival, pre-installed on a collection of smartphones that don't seem to be worth the money, just what is the point of the Lumia 950?I acquired my first Windows...

Not a head turner, Only available in Black and White, Back Cover can be difficult to remove

We didn't get the standard box for the Lumia 950 so we can't be sure what will ship to consumers in different regions. However, for the sake of completion, we'll go over the content of the box. Lumia phones have not come with in-box headphones for a while...

The Microsoft Lumia 950 is not my first go around with a Lumia phone so I knew what to expect going in to this review. The biggest difference from my previous experiences would be Windows Mobile 10 and I was pretty excited to give that a go. Find out in o...

The Microsoft Lumia 950 brings back the company's foray into the smartphone business, and is also one of the few devices to support the multi-platform Windows 10 operating system. But is it good enough to put the company back on track? Let's find out.You...

Continuum is awesome, Windows 10 Mobile is a beautiful and intuitive smartphone operating system, built-in wireless charging and fast charging, top-notch display performs well in sunlight, expandable memory and replaceable battery, camera is very good and...

Boring plastic design and color choices, Windows 10 app catalog for mobile phones is still much more anemic than those of Android or iOS, battery life could be better, Prev2 of 2Next

We have been testing the Microsoft Lumia 950 for nearly a month now and wow, it has been way too long since Microsoft launched a flagship phone. Personally, I have always been a fan of Windows Phone, going as far back as Windows Phone 7. But don't call th...

Update: After a week with the Lumia 950's bigger brother, the 950 XL, we've decided to append our new observations to this review. Scroll down to the bottom for that addendum if you're interested in hearing about Microsoft's bigger and badder (in more way...

The Phone That Works Like Your PC. That is the tagline Microsoft is using to promote the new Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones. They are not only the first smartphones to run on Windows 10 with access to Windows universal apps, they also support Continuum...

The Lumia 950 is the first Windows 10 Mobile device to ship from a U.S. carrier. For Microsoft devotees, there's a lot to like, thanks to the wholly refreshed operating system and compatibility across the Microsoft ecosystem. What's more, optional accesso...

We've never expected more from our smartphones than we do today. Smartphones are truly pocket computers now: tiny tablets with fast processors that happen to also make phone calls. Microsoft lost the battle for top smartphone. Years of dithering and revam...

The Lumia 950 and 950 XL are important products for Microsoft, but not for the reasons you may expect. Microsoft isn't trying to set the mobile market ablaze with these two smartphones. They are not necessarily meant to be explosive sales successes that t...

I said in part 1 of this review that it's now perfectly practical to leave Rich Capture in the 'automatic'/on mode, and this is how my Lumia 950 and 950 XL are configured.There are only two downsides to doing this, and I must emphasise that they're only d...

OS is currently buggy, Core apps are missing features found on competing platforms, Application quality is lacking, No fingerprint scanner, iris scanning is slow

Back in July, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote an email to employees stating that there would be three phone customer strategy: enterprise customers, value phone customers, and fans. After spending a couple of weeks with both the AT&T Lumia 950 and dual-...

Engadget's review of Microsoft's Lumia 950 was so controversial that a few of you sent hateful Twitter DMs to our author (tsk, tsk, guys). Still, as much as we hate to disappoint our readers, we need to stand our ground on this one: While Windows 10 Mobil...

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